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Keana Richards
Relevant Experience
Doctoral researcher
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
May 2022 - September 2017
- Planned and directed multiple research projects in collaboration with researchers in Psychology, Marketing, Engineering, Management, Mathematics, and Human Development departments across 3 institutions
- Designed qualitative (e.g., grouped text responses into themes) and quantitative (e.g., created surveys) studies to analyze impact of identity on labor market decisions, with the potential to reduce disparities across social groups
- Master’s thesis in Statistics: ran multilevel linear models in R to analyze the impact of race and voice pitch on person perception; presented results at international conference attended by 3800 academic and industry professionals
- Designed and earned funding for A/B tests determining whether virtual reality intervention affects racial prejudice ($6000) and whether competition affects gender differences in preparation ($20000)
- Supervised psychology honors student in designing experimental research project, presenting research, and writing honors thesis, culminating in research award
- Led workshop on Data entry, cleaning, and reproducible data management/analysis practices in R during research assistant training
Quantitative User Experience Research Intern
Remote
September 2021 - June 2021
- Designed large-scale surveys to assess validity and reliability of novel metric about perceived similarity of Google Search features
- Created and implemented moderated interviews to understand users’ pain points while interacting with Google Search
Education
PhD Candidate, Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
May 2022 - September 2017
MA Candidate, Statistics
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Philadelphia, PA
May 2022 - September 2017
BA, Psychology (cum laude)
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
May 2017 - September 2014
- BSOS Summer Scholar: Behavioral data analysis of how confronting prejudice affects interpersonal relationships
- Research assistant with the Identity and Diversity Management Lab and the Language and Music Cognition Lab